Crate for tilting demijohns.



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G. W. PEGK, Executor. CRATE FOR TILTING DE MIJOHNS.

(A'n'nlicstion filed Mar. 1, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

GEORGE W. PECK, or RosELLE, iv w JERs EY, XEoUToE or GEORGE w. BANKER, DECEASED.

CRATE FOR TILTING DEMIJOHNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,396, dated July 10, 1900.

Application filed March 1 l 9 O 0.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that GEORGE W. BANKER, now deceased, but at the time of his death a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Keene, in the county of Essex and State of New York, prior to his death invented a new and useful Improvement in Crates for Tilting Dernijohns, of which the following is a specification.

The invention may be more fully understood by reference to the United States Letters Patent No. 577,409, dated February 23, 1897, granted to said George WV. Banker, to which reference is made for a general description of the apparatus.

The improvement which forms the subjectmatter of this present application consists in a novel construction of the trunnions or axes marked 0 in that patent, which are adapted to engage with the crate which immediately surrounds the demijohn or other vessel and upon which it tilts in operation of the apparatus. These trunnions are supported in the upper ends of standards marked B B in said patent, which are connected to abase'frame, and the construction is such that when the apparatus is adjusted ready for use the trunnions or axes O O engage with the crate surrounding the demijohn or other vessel at or near its upper part.

Referring to the drawings hereof, Figure 1 illustrates an elevation of the invention when applied to the standards of the apparatus, which are always vertical. Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view of the invention when applied to the standards of an apparatus in which the base-frame is inverted to form a complete casing or crate for the demijohn during the time of its transportation or storage. This form of apparatus is shown in the pending application, Serial No. 710,278, filed March 24, 1899. Fig. 3 illustrates the parts shown in Fig. 2 when they are inverted for the pur;

pose of forming an inclosing crate for the demijohn during transportation or storage. Fig. 4 illustrates an edgewise View in section of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

A illustrates part of one of the standards. B is a recess out therein. 0 is one of the trunnions. The recess Bis formed so that the nut D on the trunnion may not project beyond the Serial No. 7,038. (No model.)

plane of the side of the standard, and also so that space may be afforded for the finger and thumb of the operator to catch hold of the nut to manipulate the trunnion when necessary. E is a recess which is preferably formed on the opposite side of the standard, within which the head of the trunnion may enter, so that it will be flush with that side of the standard.

F is a trunnion-guard made, preferably, of metal and is pivoted to the standard by a pin, a small nail, or equivalent device G, so that it will freely swing under the action of gravity. It is not essential that it should be thus loose, however, because it is operative and in some cases better that slight power be employed to swing or move the guard. The purpose of this guard is to prevent the trunnion from moving backwardly during the transportation or movement of the crate. In Figs. 1 and 4t it is shown as pivoted at the upper side of the recess, so that it will normally fall by gravity over the nut on the trunnion, and thus confine the trunnion, because, as stated, these figures show the invention as applied to the standards of non-reversible crate-supports. In Figs. 2 and 3, on the other hand, the guard is shown as pivoted at the lower side of the recess B, so that when the standards are reversed, as durin g transportation, storage, 850., the action of gravity will tend to maintain the guards in proper position over the ends of the trunnions or nuts on them. When the trunnions are in their non-reversed position, as shown in Fig. 2, then the guards under the action of gravity may fall away from the trunnions, as shown in that figure; but this is of no consequence, because when the standards of this form of the apparatus are in this position the apparatus is at rest, with the weight of the crate and the demijohn resting on the trunnions, and under such circumstances they are not liable to displacement. It is only during transportation, and sometimes during storage, that the trunnions areliable to larly to avoid this danger that the invention is intended.

It will be obvious to those who are familiar with this art that many departures may be made from the details shown and described shift their position, and it ismore particu and yet the essentials of the invention be employed. Th ere is therefore no limitation herein to such details.

What is claimed as of the invention of said GEORGE W. BANKER, deceased, is

1. I11 an apparatus of the class stated, the combination of a crate inclosing the vessel, a frame provided with standards, trunnions at the upper ends of the standards respectively which support the crate and upon which it may tilt, trunnion-guards on the outside of the standards formed of flat pieces of metal pivoted to the standards at the upper side of the trunnions when the parts are in position for transportation, for the purposes set forth.

2. In an apparatus of the class stated, the combination of a crate inclosing the vessel, a frame provided with standards, trunnions at the upper ends of the standards respectively which support the crate and upon which it may tilt, trunnion-guards on the outside of the standards and resting against their outer surfaces, formed of flat pieces of metal pivoted to the standards adjacent to the trunnions, and recesses beneath the trunnionguards in which the head or nut of the trunnion may be received, for the purposes set forth.

3. In an apparatus of the class stated, the combination of a crate inclosing the vessel, a frame provided with standards, trunnions at the upper ends of the standards respectively which support the crate and upon which it may tilt, trunnion-guards on the outside of the standards and resting against their outer surfaces, formed of flat pieces of metal pivoted to the standards adjacent to the trunnions, and recesses beneath the guards sufficiently large to receive the head or nut of the trunnions and to afford finger-space whereby they may be manipulated, for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23d dayof February, 1900.

GEO. \V. PECK, Executor of the estate of George l V. Banker,

deceased.

WVitnesses:

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, WILLIAM HENRY SNELLING. 

